'Not the outcome we wanted': Search for missing friends turns to homicide investigation

'Not the outcome we wanted': Search for missing friends turns to homicide investigation

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Updated: 2:42 PM CST Mar 6, 2018

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'Not the outcome we wanted': Search for missing friends turns to homicide investigation

The bodies of two missing Pearl River friends were found Monday, and now, officials are investigating their disappearance as homicides.

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Raegan Elizabeth Day, 20, and Dustin Hartline, 28, were last seen leaving their residence on Feb. 15 on Joe Moore Road in Pearl River. Both were going to a relative's home in Kenner and then expected to head to the Baton Rouge area. They never showed up at the relative's home, officials said.

St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office investigators said four people have been arrested in connection with the disappearances of Day and Hartline. The arrests came after officials discovered the bodies of the two friends Monday at the East Pearl River Boat Launch.

Investigators said the four suspects were arrested on two counts each of first-degree murder. The four were identified as: